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 Father in heaven, we humbly come before you as we open up your word, as we consider how

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 Judas and the way he lived his life, how he betrayed your blessed son, and how he was

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 unrepentant, and we consider his demise, Lord, help us to ultimately flee to you, Lord, that

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 we would take heed, take and heed these words in front of us, and that it would go by your

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 spirit deep into our heart as a warning to us, but Lord, that we wouldn't simply be afraid,

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 but we would see godly fear, but also, Lord, we would see the great benefit of what it means

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 to be your child, to be your son or your daughter, that it is truly the best thing, the most

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 right thing we could ever do, and it is offered to us because of what Christ has done on the

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 cross.

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 So, Lord, help us to be humble, help us to have hearts ready to receive, and we pray this in

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 Christ's name, amen.

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 Have you ever seen that optical illusion that, depending on the perspective you have, you

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 either see a young and elegant woman or a haggard old lady?

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 You guys know what picture that is?

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 I put it on the overhead, we don't have an overhead.

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 Maybe I'll include it in the Sunday follow-up, but it's a remarkable picture, and then people

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 have done other pictures that the one perspective, you know, looks like, I don't know, one thing,

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 and the other perspective looks totally different.

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 It was actually, it finds, I looked it up, it finds its genesis in, like, the turn of the century,

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 about the turn of the century, but it was popularized by a British cartoonist named William

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 Eli Hill in the 1910s, and he named the picture my wife and my mother-in-law.

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 That is, that is something else.

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 My mother-in-law, that's not, does not go for me.

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 I love my mother-in-law, she's lovely.

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 But it's so interesting how you can have one picture, and you can see only the one image,

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 and yet, you have to almost take a step back and readjust to see the second image.

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 But what you can't do, is you can't see both images at the exact same time.

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 And if you can, I don't know, maybe you have a trick, but by and large, you can't see both

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 images at the same time.

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 Jesus has conquered all.

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 He has died on the cross.

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 The death tried to consume him, and he uses death itself to destroy death, by rising again

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 after three days in the grave.

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 And he hasn't just defeated death by rising from the grave, but he ascends into heaven,

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 and it is this wonderful picture of Jesus and his victory, his victory over sin and death

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 and evil.

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 And he offers this salvation to all people.

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 And it is our very heart's desire to know and be known, to love and be loved for all

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 of eternity, and this is precisely what he offers in the cross.

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 And yet, there are many people who do not see this when they look at Jesus, but rather see

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 the cross as folly, as hate-filled, as bigoted and even dangerous.

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 How on earth can this one beautiful thing, the cross, be at once for us and those that

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 are being saved, those that are being drawn to him?

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 How can it look so beautiful, and then others, it can be such an object of scorn?

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 The Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 1.18, he also repeats it in a few other places in his

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 letters.

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 He'll say this,

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 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being

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 saved, it is the power of God.

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 Like the young lady, old woman, optical illusion, Christ is either the wonderful Savior or he's

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 terribly problematic.

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 He cannot be both.

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 This also is actually the same from Christ's perspective.

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 We are either wheat or tares, we are either sheep or goats, either we are his friends or

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 we are his enemies.

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 We cannot occupy a middle ground, for there is none.

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 Again, the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being

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 saved, it is the power of God.

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 Friends, this is a difficult teaching.

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 We like the nativity Christ who's meek and mild.

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 We don't necessarily like the knight clad in white who will defeat all his foes with

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 the word of his mouth.

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 And yet, this is the ultimate picture of Christ in the book of Revelation, the conquering knight

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 who has defeated all his foes.

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 It's an interesting question to ask.

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 Do you find yourself as a friend of God or as his enemy?

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 We find ourselves in Acts chapter 1, the second part of Acts chapter 1, with his disciples

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 in Jerusalem.

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 They are devoting themselves to prayer.

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 They are united in purpose.

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 And they are obeying Jesus in waiting for the coming of the Holy Spirit.

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 And our section covers the 10 days after the ascension and before Pentecost.

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 10 days for when Jesus ascends to heaven and when the Holy Spirit comes down.

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 And what's interesting, in 10 days worth of happenings, this is the only story that is recorded

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 in those 10 days.

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 Maybe there is other significant things that have happened or that happened in that time,

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 but we have no idea.

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 Luke here, by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, records only this one story.

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 So it's important.

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 It's not merely a narrative filler, but something critical to help us to understand what it means

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 to be either a friend of God or what it means to be an enemy of God.

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 So to help us understand this, you know, I didn't come up with any lovely points, but

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 we're going to look at three people, in a sense.

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 We're going to look at Judas, who is the traitor.

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 We're going to look at Peter, who is the friend.

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 And ultimately, we're going to look at Christ, who is the knower of all hearts.

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 So why don't we jump into our first, take a look at our first person, Judas, the traitor,

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 and see what we can learn from this section.

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 So look with me, Acts chapter 1, starting in the 15th verse.

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 We'll go 15 to 20 here.

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 When they returned to Jerusalem from the mount, called Olivet, oh, verse 12, I'll go down to 15.

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 In those days, Peter stood up among the brothers.

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 The company of persons was in all, about 120, and said,

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 Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David concerning Judas,

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 who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

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 For he was numbered among us and was allotted his share in the ministry, in this ministry.

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 Verses 18 and 19 seem to be Luke's commentary in this.

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 And this is what he says,

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 Now this man, speaking of Judas, acquired a field.

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 With the reward of his wickedness and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle,

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 and all his bowels gushed out.

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 And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem,

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 so that the field was called in their own language,

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 Ekeldama, that is, the field of blood.

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 Verse 20.

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 This is Peter now.

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 For it is written in the book of Psalms,

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 May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it,

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 and let another take his office.

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 Quoting from Psalm 69 and 109, respectively.

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 Judas Iscariot, he was one of the twelve.

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 He was called by Jesus.

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 And yet, he became, as Peter called him,

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 the guide to those who arrested Jesus.

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 He was offended at the scandalous nature of the good news of Jesus Christ,

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 and as such became an active enemy agent.

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 Quite the turnaround from a trusted, close disciple of Jesus.

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 He was one of the twelve.

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 He was the inner circle,

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 Jesus had many followers,

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 but he was the inner circle of Jesus' disciples.

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 And then he became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

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 And what was his fate?

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 In the Gospels, it says that he killed himself.

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 And yet, here, it says that he bought a field and fell headlong into it.

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 Now, there is a discrepancy,

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 at least from the Gospels to Acts,

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 and there is, I think, a fine way of harmonizing the two.

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 I think I'll end up,

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 by the way, I'll put it in the Sunday follow-up.

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 I hope you guys got that this week.

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 I'm trying it out.

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 If it works, great.

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 If it's not so helpful,

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 we can scrap it for something else.

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 But I'm not going to talk about how

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 the Gospel accounts of Luke's,

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 sorry, of Judas' suicide,

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 how it harmonizes with what Luke says here in Acts chapter 1.

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 But nevertheless,

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 Luke records here that Judas bought a field

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 with the blood money he used to betray Jesus,

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 and he fell headlong in the field,

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 and his guts poured out,

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 his bowels poured out.

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 So the question,

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 it's an interesting question.

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 Why would Luke break from the Gospel narratives

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 to talk about Judas hanging himself?

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 This is not in the Gospel narratives.

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 Why does he mention it?

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 And I think there's a really interesting answer.

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 In fact, Luke,

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 he is constantly,

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 and we'll see this throughout Luke,

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 he constantly connects

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 what's happening with the church

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 with the Old Testament.

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 There's allusions constantly

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 to the Old Testament text.

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 And I think this is one of them.

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 So we see this,

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 a similar story,

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 in 2 Samuel chapter 20

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 with Joab.

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 If we have any Bible scholars

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 and they know who Joab was,

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 he was the former general

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 of King David's army.

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 He was trusted by King David.

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 And Joab betrays David.

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 He kills two people

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 that David did not authorize.

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 It was a form of betrayal.

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 But the second person he killed

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 was Amasa,

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 the general that was going to take over

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 for him,

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 that in a sense,

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 Joab was looked over for Amasa.

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 What does he do?

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 In 2 Samuel chapter 20,

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 to sum it up,

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 he greets Amasa with a kiss.

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 And without Amasa knowing,

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 he has a knife on his left side

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 and he uses it

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 to stab Amasa in the stomach.

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 And it says that

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 Amasa's intestines poured out

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 and he died on the road.

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 He betrayed Amasa

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 and really King David with a kiss.

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 And then we have this interesting bit

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 about the way Amasa died,

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 the one he betrayed.

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 Joab was a traitor

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 and he killed in a cowardly way.

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 And later on in 1 Kings chapter 2,

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 we see that he is killed

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 in a just way,

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 but in a coward's,

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 he gets what's coming to him

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 in a very cowardly way himself.

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 He cowers and he is killed

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 at the command of King Solomon.

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 So with Judas,

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 the one who would betray

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 the King of Kings with a kiss,

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 it's interesting.

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 And imagine with me here,

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 if truly Luke is connecting

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 this story of Judas

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 to the Old Testament betrayer,

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 Joab,

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 we see a betrayal of the King

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 with a kiss.

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 And although Judas doesn't take a knife

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 and thrust it through Jesus' stomach,

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 we end up having Judas suffer

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 the same fate

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 that Joab inflicted on Amasa.

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 That is to say

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 that retribution happened

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 for Judas

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 because he was a coward,

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 because he was a betrayer,

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 because he was a traitor.

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 He would suffer a fate

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 similar to the one

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 that Joab visited upon Amasa.

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 Retribution enacted.

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 And retribution might seem

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 like something that

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 wouldn't necessarily be condoned

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 by the Lord in Scripture,

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 but in this case,

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 it's a godly thing

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 for those who commit injustice.

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 It is an important thing

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 to stop somebody

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 from the cycle

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 of committing injustice.

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 In fact,

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 St. Augustine will expand this.

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 The idea of loving your enemy

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 can't actually happen

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 unless you're willing

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 to exact justice

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 on your enemy's enemy.

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 We are seeing this happen

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 with Judas here.

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 But why are we talking

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 about punishment

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 when Jesus offers forgiveness?

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 Why does Judas,

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 who is a betrayer,

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 suffer the fate

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 of one who was betrayed?

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 Why does Judas

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 not get the same fate,

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 in a sense,

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 as Peter?

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 Did Peter not betray

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 Jesus like Judas did?

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 I mean,

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 think about it.

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 Peter

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 swears,

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 I swear to God

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 I will follow you,

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 Jesus,

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 to your death.

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 And what happens?

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 He flees

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 and he has three chances

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 to make it right

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 and

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 he messes that up as well.

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 He betrays Jesus.

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 And yet,

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 Judas

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 has his guts spilled out

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 and he's buried

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 and Peter

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 is leading the church.

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 Where is Judas'

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 forgiveness?

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 Why are we speaking

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 of his death

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 and not,

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 and his replacement

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 and not talking about

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 how Judas

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 is with the twelve?

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 Should forgiveness

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 not be extended to him?

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 Judas is an enemy

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 of Christ.

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 He is one who refuses

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 to put down his weapons.

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 He is one

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 who does not recognize

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 his sin

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 and throw himself

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 at the mercy of Christ.

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 He is not one

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 who humbles himself

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 and recognizes

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 that he needs to live

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 under the lordship

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 of Christ.

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 It's not just a matter

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 of indifference

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 but

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 a critical aspect

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 of what it means

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 to submit

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 to the one true God.

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 Judas

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 does not

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 ask for forgiveness

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 and as such

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 he continues

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 to live

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 at least in his own life

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 on the throne

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 of Christ.

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 He is king

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 of his own castle.

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 Judas

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 led Jesus

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 into the hands

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 of those

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 who wished

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 to kill him

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 because he was

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 deep in his pride,

00:16:12.340 --> 00:16:12.879
 he was deep

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 in his resentment

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 and he was deep

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 in his greed.

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 And like Joab,

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 Judas

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 betrays Jesus.

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 Judas

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 and like Joab,

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 Judas

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 tries to undo

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 his treachery

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 by his own hand.

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 I encourage you guys

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 to read the story

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 in 1 Kings 2.

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 It's a type

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 of self-justification

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 and like Joab,

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 Judas refused

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 to go to the only one

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 who could

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 redeem him.

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 Pride

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 and self-justification

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 will always cause

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 a heart

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 of stone

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 to remain stone

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 and cause

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 the enemy of God

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 to remain

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 an enemy of God.

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 Friends,

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 when we try

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 to cover up

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 our sin

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 or the sin

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 of others

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 to deny

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 its effects

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 in our lives

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 to justify

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 the motives

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 of sin

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 excuse the offense

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 relativize it

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 so that it is

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 no longer a sin

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 we call Christ

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 a liar.

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 We deny

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 God his place

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 as creator

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 and king

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 and we make

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 ourselves

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 keep ourselves

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 make ourselves

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 an enemy

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 of God.

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 And let me

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 just say this

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 friends

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 this is not

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 an enemy

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 you want.

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 God judges

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 so often

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 in a passive

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 way

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 by handing

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 us over

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 to our rebellion

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 so that we

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 will suffer

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 the natural

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 and inevitable

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 consequences

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 of our actions.

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 Joab lived

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 by the sword

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 and what happened?

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 He died

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 by the sword.

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 Judas

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 was greedy

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 he was prideful

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 and he died

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 unredeemed.

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 In the end

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 we will get

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 our heart's

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 true desire

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 in our pride.

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 What do I mean

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 by this?

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 All too often

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 God leaves us

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 to our own

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 devices

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 and if we

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 are not

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 looking to

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 God

00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:05.640
 who is the

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 creator of life

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 who knows

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 the way

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 we ought to

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 live

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 we will

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 inevitably

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 go down

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 the road

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 to death.

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 there's not

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 multiple ways

00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:14.900
 that God

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 has designed

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 but only

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 one way

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 because he

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 is the

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 creator

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 and he

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 is good

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 and he

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 desires to

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 bless

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 and to

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 redeem

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 and to

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 see his

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 creation

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 flourish.

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 So if we

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 choose to

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 avoid such

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 a way

00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.280
 of living

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 we will

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 inevitably

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 see destruction

00:18:34.980 --> 00:18:35.880
 and pain

00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:36.340
 in our own

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 lives.

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 So this

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 passive

00:18:38.100 --> 00:18:38.660
 judgment

00:18:38.660 --> 00:18:39.380
 C.S.

00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:39.620
 Lewis

00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:40.500
 in the

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 great

00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.140
 divorce

00:18:41.140 --> 00:18:42.759
 he describes

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 it like

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 this

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 there are

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.300
 only two

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 kinds of

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 people in

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 the end

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 those who

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 say to

00:18:47.900 --> 00:18:48.160
 God

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.640
 thy will

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.160
 be done

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:50.320
 and those

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 to whom

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.660
 God says

00:18:51.660 --> 00:18:52.120
 in the

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 end

00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.440
 thy will

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 be done

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 all that

00:18:55.780 --> 00:18:56.240
 are in

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 hell

00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:57.080
 choose it

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 without

00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:58.920
 that self

00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.460
 choice

00:18:59.460 --> 00:19:00.460
 there could

00:19:00.460 --> 00:19:00.860
 be no

00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:01.180
 hell

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:02.480
 no soul

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:03.880
 that seriously

00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:04.660
 and constantly

00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.560
 desires joy

00:19:05.560 --> 00:19:05.920
 will ever

00:19:05.920 --> 00:19:06.400
 miss it

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:07.620
 those who

00:19:07.620 --> 00:19:07.980
 seek

00:19:07.980 --> 00:19:08.440
 find

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.460
 those who

00:19:09.460 --> 00:19:09.900
 knock

00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.720
 it is

00:19:10.720 --> 00:19:11.060
 opened

00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:12.799
 Judas

00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:13.179
 although

00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:13.740
 ridden

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.399
 with guilt

00:19:14.399 --> 00:19:15.399
 ultimately

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:16.139
 wants his

00:19:16.139 --> 00:19:16.519
 will

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.919
 over

00:19:16.919 --> 00:19:17.899
 Christ's

00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.059
 will

00:19:18.059 --> 00:19:18.279
 and we

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:18.740
 see a

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.000
 bit of

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.179
 that

00:19:19.179 --> 00:19:19.399
 in

00:19:19.399 --> 00:19:20.119
 the

00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.379
 second

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:20.659
 part

00:19:20.659 --> 00:19:20.779
 of

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:21.000
 verse

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.720
 25

00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:21.919
 when

00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.220
 Peter

00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:25.179
 he's

00:19:25.179 --> 00:19:25.519
 talking

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:25.839
 about

00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:26.500
 Matthias

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.940
 or the

00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.139
 one

00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.319
 that

00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.440
 they

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.579
 would

00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:27.879
 pick

00:19:27.879 --> 00:19:28.480
 to

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.039
 replace

00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:29.179
 him

00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:29.339
 and he

00:19:29.339 --> 00:19:29.519
 says

00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:29.899
 this

00:19:29.899 --> 00:19:30.720
 to

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.000
 take

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.179
 the

00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:31.599
 place

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.179
 in

00:19:32.179 --> 00:19:32.399
 this

00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:32.839
 ministry

00:19:32.839 --> 00:19:33.079
 and

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:33.740
 apostleship

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:34.299
 from

00:19:34.299 --> 00:19:34.599
 which

00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.220
 Judas

00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:35.679
 turned

00:19:35.679 --> 00:19:36.079
 aside

00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:36.539
 to go

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:36.940
 in his

00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.200
 own

00:19:37.200 --> 00:19:37.579
 place

00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.039
 to do

00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:38.279
 his

00:19:38.279 --> 00:19:38.519
 own

00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:38.819
 thing

00:19:38.819 --> 00:19:39.519
 to go

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.879
 his own

00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.179
 way

00:19:40.180 --> 00:19:43.039
 Judas

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.640
 ridden

00:19:43.640 --> 00:19:43.840
 with

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:44.120
 guilt

00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:44.680
 ultimately

00:19:44.680 --> 00:19:45.080
 wants

00:19:45.080 --> 00:19:45.340
 his

00:19:45.340 --> 00:19:45.620
 will

00:19:45.620 --> 00:19:45.920
 over

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:46.259
 Christ

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.500
 he's

00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:46.660
 not

00:19:46.660 --> 00:19:46.840
 willing

00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.279
 to bend

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.700
 his knee

00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.740
 and as

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.019
 such

00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:49.640
 suffers

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.360
 a traitor's

00:19:50.360 --> 00:19:50.799
 fate

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:54.899
 it

00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:55.079
 it is

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.359
 a

00:19:55.359 --> 00:19:56.319
 terribly

00:19:56.319 --> 00:19:56.779
 sad

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.139
 thing

00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.720
 and it

00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:57.940
 makes

00:19:57.940 --> 00:19:58.099
 you

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.379
 wonder

00:19:58.379 --> 00:19:58.759
 and it's

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.399
 speculation

00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:00.659
 makes you

00:20:00.659 --> 00:20:01.000
 wonder

00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.299
 if

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.899
 Judas

00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:04.659
 if things

00:20:04.659 --> 00:20:04.899
 could have

00:20:04.899 --> 00:20:05.279
 been different

00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:05.680
 for him

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.299
 but they

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.659
 weren't

00:20:06.659 --> 00:20:08.720
 he

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.419
 refused

00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:10.299
 to call

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.559
 out to

00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:10.839
 God

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.159
 for

00:20:11.159 --> 00:20:11.619
 forgiveness

00:20:11.619 --> 00:20:13.460
 there's

00:20:13.460 --> 00:20:13.819
 this whole

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:14.500
 other side

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:14.720
 bit

00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.099
 here

00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.379
 that

00:20:15.379 --> 00:20:15.779
 I mean

00:20:15.779 --> 00:20:16.119
 because

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.399
 it was

00:20:16.399 --> 00:20:17.099
 prophesied

00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:18.879
 it speaks

00:20:18.879 --> 00:20:19.500
 in a sense

00:20:19.500 --> 00:20:19.959
 of

00:20:19.959 --> 00:20:22.079
 God's

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.599
 providence

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:22.939
 and how

00:20:22.939 --> 00:20:23.319
 does that

00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:23.719
 interact

00:20:23.719 --> 00:20:23.980
 with our

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 free will

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 maybe that'll

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 make the

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 Sunday

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 follow up

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 as well

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 but that's

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 not going

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 to be

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 an aside

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 I'm

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 willing

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 to take

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 this

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 morning

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 but it's

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 a very

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 excellent

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 question

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 Judas

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 has suffered

00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:35.240
 a traitor's

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 fate

00:20:35.439 --> 00:20:35.959
 well how

00:20:35.959 --> 00:20:36.219
 about the

00:20:36.219 --> 00:20:36.519
 traitor

00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.139
 Peter

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 we

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 I

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 referenced

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 him

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 moments

00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:40.679
 ago

00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.719
 but what

00:20:41.719 --> 00:20:42.240
 separates

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:42.740
 Judas

00:20:42.740 --> 00:20:43.959
 the betrayer

00:20:43.959 --> 00:20:44.199
 from

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 Peter

00:20:44.639 --> 00:20:45.559
 the betrayer

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.839
 Peter

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.319
 is equally

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 a betrayer

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 remember

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 he denies

00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:49.480
 Christ

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 three times

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 and yet

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.659
 here he is

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 standing up

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 amongst

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 not just

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 the eleven

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 but the

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 hundred and twenty

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 he in a sense

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 is the leader

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 of the church

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 and he is the one

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 saying

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 we need to

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 fulfill scripture

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 we need to

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 get a twelfth

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 we need to

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 see this thing

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 come to pass

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 and we see

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 in a sense

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 what marks

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 Peter

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:13.460
 is the

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 the

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 the

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 besetting

00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.740
 sin

00:21:15.740 --> 00:21:16.099
 of

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.220
 what marks

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 Peter

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.899
 is the

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 opposite

00:21:18.179 --> 00:21:18.439
 of the

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 besetting

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 sin

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:19.779
 of

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 Judas

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:20.519
 Peter

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 constantly

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 would

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 humble

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 himself

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 before

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 almighty

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 God

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 he

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 constantly

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 cried out

00:21:26.699 --> 00:21:27.159
 to Christ

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 for mercy

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 in fact

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 what greater

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 person

00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:30.879
 would there

00:21:30.879 --> 00:21:31.379
 be to

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 lead the

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 church

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:32.899
 than

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 Peter

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 who

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 sinned

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 much

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 but was

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 forgiven

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 much

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 and as

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 such

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.439
 loved

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 much

00:21:38.879 --> 00:21:40.279
 who

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.699
 fell

00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.199
 worse

00:21:41.199 --> 00:21:41.579
 than

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 Peter

00:21:41.959 --> 00:21:42.679
 amongst

00:21:42.679 --> 00:21:43.359
 the eleven

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:43.639
 that

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.079
 remained

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 none

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:47.419
 Judas

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:48.279
 Judas'

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 replacement

00:21:48.879 --> 00:21:49.299
 had to

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 be

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 chosen

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 and

00:21:50.439 --> 00:21:50.559
 it

00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:50.720
 had

00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:50.839
 to

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 be

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 one

00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.439
 who

00:21:51.439 --> 00:21:51.659
 was

00:21:51.659 --> 00:21:52.359
 witness

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:52.740
 to the

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 entirety

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.480
 of

00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.740
 Jesus'

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:54.379
 ministry

00:21:54.379 --> 00:21:54.699
 from

00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.460
 John's

00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.039
 baptism

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.439
 to

00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:56.679
 the

00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.159
 resurrection

00:21:57.159 --> 00:21:57.859
 that's

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.019
 what it

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.179
 says

00:21:58.179 --> 00:21:58.299
 in

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.500
 verses

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.039
 21

00:21:59.039 --> 00:21:59.259
 to

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 23

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.859
 so

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.099
 one

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 of

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 the

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 men

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:01.980
 who

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 have

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.519
 accompanied

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 us

00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.099
 from

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:03.619
 all

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:03.779
 the

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 time

00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.299
 that

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:04.419
 the

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 Lord

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:04.960
 Jesus

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.259
 went

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 in

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.579
 and

00:22:05.579 --> 00:22:05.740
 out

00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:05.939
 among

00:22:05.939 --> 00:22:06.240
 us

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:07.000
 beginning

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.359
 from

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.519
 the

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:07.939
 baptism

00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:08.199
 of

00:22:08.199 --> 00:22:08.460
 John

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:08.699
 until

00:22:08.699 --> 00:22:08.859
 the

00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.019
 day

00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.179
 when

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 he

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.379
 was

00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:09.599
 taken

00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:09.779
 up

00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:09.959
 from

00:22:09.959 --> 00:22:10.219
 us

00:22:10.219 --> 00:22:10.879
 one

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:10.980
 of

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.159
 these

00:22:11.159 --> 00:22:11.379
 men

00:22:11.379 --> 00:22:11.699
 must

00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.199
 become

00:22:12.199 --> 00:22:12.579
 with

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:12.919
 us

00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:13.519
 a

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:13.759
 witness

00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:13.980
 to

00:22:13.980 --> 00:22:14.099
 the

00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:14.459
 resurrection

00:22:14.459 --> 00:22:14.859
 that's

00:22:14.859 --> 00:22:15.019
 why

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.199
 I

00:22:15.199 --> 00:22:15.419
 think

00:22:15.419 --> 00:22:16.159
 if

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:16.339
 you've

00:22:16.339 --> 00:22:16.579
 heard

00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.259
 the

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:17.519
 apostle

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:17.919
 Paul

00:22:17.919 --> 00:22:18.119
 is

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.279
 the

00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:19.159
 true

00:22:19.159 --> 00:22:20.139
 12th

00:22:20.139 --> 00:22:20.559
 apostle

00:22:20.559 --> 00:22:20.939
 or the

00:22:20.939 --> 00:22:21.240
 true

00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.399
 12th

00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:22.919
 disciple

00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.340
 and

00:22:24.340 --> 00:22:24.960
 Matthias

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.320
 we

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:25.660
 never

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:25.900
 really

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.120
 hear

00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:26.240
 of

00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.320
 him

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:26.660
 again

00:22:26.660 --> 00:22:27.200
 I

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.340
 would

00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:27.660
 say

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:27.960
 that

00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:28.240
 based

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:28.539
 on

00:22:28.539 --> 00:22:28.759
 verses

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.220
 21

00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.380
 to

00:22:29.380 --> 00:22:29.800
 23

00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:29.980
 it

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.180
 truly

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.420
 is

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:30.980
 Matthias

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.340
 in

00:22:32.340 --> 00:22:32.539
 fact

00:22:32.539 --> 00:22:32.680
 we

00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:32.779
 don't

00:22:32.779 --> 00:22:32.980
 really

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.180
 hear

00:22:33.180 --> 00:22:33.500
 much

00:22:33.500 --> 00:22:33.740
 of

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:33.960
 any

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.100
 of

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.160
 the

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.539
 disciples

00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:34.840
 apart

00:22:34.840 --> 00:22:35.039
 from

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.300
 Peter

00:22:35.300 --> 00:22:35.600
 James

00:22:35.600 --> 00:22:35.759
 and

00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:36.019
 John

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:37.220
 it's

00:22:37.220 --> 00:22:37.360
 a bit

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.580
 of a

00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:37.759
 side

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.019
 note

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.620
 but

00:22:39.620 --> 00:22:40.060
 anyways

00:22:40.060 --> 00:22:40.920
 what's

00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.200
 happening

00:22:41.200 --> 00:22:41.480
 here

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.720
 is

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:41.880
 the

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.740
 12th

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.180
 disciple

00:22:43.180 --> 00:22:43.500
 needs

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.580
 to

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:43.720
 be

00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.000
 picked

00:22:44.000 --> 00:22:45.039
 because

00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.259
 what

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:45.400
 we

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:45.800
 see

00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:46.420
 here

00:22:46.420 --> 00:22:46.680
 is

00:22:46.680 --> 00:22:46.800
 that

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:46.980
 the

00:22:46.980 --> 00:22:47.360
 church

00:22:47.360 --> 00:22:47.960
 is

00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.240
 really

00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:48.740
 a

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.920
 reconstitution

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.339
 of

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.819
 Israel

00:22:50.819 --> 00:22:52.039
 the

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.339
 people

00:22:52.339 --> 00:22:52.519
 of

00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.759
 God

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.079
 it's

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.339
 in a

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.539
 sense

00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:53.720
 a

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:53.980
 new

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.140
 and

00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.759
 expanded

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.400
 Israel

00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:56.180
 12

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.640
 disciples

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:56.980
 needed

00:22:56.980 --> 00:22:57.299
 to be

00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:57.559
 present

00:22:57.559 --> 00:22:57.920
 as the

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.460
 church

00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:58.700
 was

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:59.579
 birthed

00:22:59.579 --> 00:22:59.720
 and

00:22:59.720 --> 00:22:59.980
 in a

00:22:59.980 --> 00:23:00.220
 sense

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.839
 walked

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.220
 into

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.480
 the

00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:01.859
 promised

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.299
 land

00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:03.000
 in the

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.200
 same

00:23:03.200 --> 00:23:03.380
 way

00:23:03.380 --> 00:23:03.519
 that

00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:03.660
 the

00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:03.980
 12

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.900
 tribes

00:23:04.900 --> 00:23:05.779
 entered

00:23:05.779 --> 00:23:06.019
 into

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.180
 the

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.500
 promised

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:06.759
 land

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.200
 after

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.819
 captivity

00:23:07.819 --> 00:23:08.839
 these

00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.180
 12

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.380
 would

00:23:09.380 --> 00:23:09.539
 lead

00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:09.700
 the

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.019
 church

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.240
 by

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.400
 the

00:23:10.400 --> 00:23:10.680
 power

00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:10.819
 of

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:10.900
 the

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.059
 Holy

00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.440
 Spirit

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.359
 and

00:23:12.359 --> 00:23:12.460
 they

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.599
 would

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:12.980
 continue

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.359
 as we

00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.559
 found

00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:13.700
 out

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:13.940
 last

00:23:13.940 --> 00:23:14.140
 week

00:23:14.140 --> 00:23:15.359
 that

00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:17.519
 in

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.620
 the

00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:20.920
 the

00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:21.420
 ministry

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.259
 of

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.940
 Christ

00:23:22.940 --> 00:23:23.180
 Jesus

00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.420
 so

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:23.480
 ultimately

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.640
 what is

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.200
 to mark

00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:25.420
 the

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.880
 12

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:26.599
 apostles

00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:28.980
 and

00:23:28.980 --> 00:23:29.359
 therefore

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.680
 what is

00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.039
 to mark

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.240
 the

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.579
 church

00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.839
 is a

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.220
 deep

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.680
 humility

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.460
 in

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.880
 Christ

00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:34.640
 a

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.079
 genuine

00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.660
 faith

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:35.920
 not

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.519
 perfect

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.579
 genuine

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.079
 doesn't

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.559
 necessarily

00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:39.259
 equal

00:23:39.259 --> 00:23:39.660
 perfect

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.920
 but a

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.339
 genuine

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:41.980
 faith

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.720
 in the

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.140
 lordship

00:23:43.140 --> 00:23:43.339
 of

00:23:43.339 --> 00:23:43.640
 Christ

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:43.960
 and his

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.279
 victory

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.620
 over

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:44.900
 all

00:23:44.900 --> 00:23:45.359
 things

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:47.160
 what is

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.460
 to mark

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.640
 the

00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:47.900
 church

00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.180
 is

00:23:48.180 --> 00:23:49.400
 to be

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.680
 people

00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:51.220
 that are

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.820
 marked

00:23:51.820 --> 00:23:52.320
 by

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.360
 God's

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.920
 merciful

00:23:53.920 --> 00:23:54.360
 hand

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.019
 extending

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.259
 to

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.500
 them

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.640
 not a

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:56.779
 group

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:56.940
 of

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.160
 people

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:57.440
 that are

00:23:57.440 --> 00:23:57.759
 cleaned

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.019
 up

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.259
 ready

00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.440
 to

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.779
 go

00:23:58.779 --> 00:24:00.080
 sinless

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.299
 but

00:24:00.299 --> 00:24:00.620
 people

00:24:00.620 --> 00:24:01.500
 recognizing

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.799
 their

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.240
 sin

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.480
 recognizing

00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:03.840
 that in

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.259
 a sense

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.039
 we're all

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.700
 betrayers

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:06.180
 we're all

00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:06.500
 enemies

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.060
 of God

00:24:07.060 --> 00:24:07.920
 and that

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.220
 he has

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.759
 made a

00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.080
 way for

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.500
 us to

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:09.840
 become

00:24:09.840 --> 00:24:10.400
 friends

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:15.700
 we

00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.920
 are a

00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.299
 church

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:19.079
 that

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.919
 recognizes

00:24:19.919 --> 00:24:20.519
 that

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:21.879
 above

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:24.200
 all of

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.559
 us

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:25.519
 is a

00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:25.859
 lord

00:24:25.859 --> 00:24:26.899
 that has

00:24:26.899 --> 00:24:27.339
 conquered

00:24:27.339 --> 00:24:27.879
 evil

00:24:27.879 --> 00:24:28.480
 and sin

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.059
 and death

00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:29.659
 which means

00:24:29.659 --> 00:24:31.399
 no foe

00:24:31.399 --> 00:24:31.680
 that we

00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:32.359
 could face

00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:33.639
 can ever

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.399
 overtake

00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.119
 our king

00:24:35.119 --> 00:24:36.440
 and although

00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.319
 our bodies

00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:38.279
 may

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.740
 break down

00:24:39.740 --> 00:24:40.019
 and they

00:24:40.019 --> 00:24:40.339
 will

00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:42.220
 and our

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:42.899
 hearts may

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:43.639
 ache because

00:24:43.639 --> 00:24:44.440
 life is very

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:44.940
 difficult

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:46.160
 and often

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:46.740
 tragic

00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:48.299
 and difficulties

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:48.880
 come

00:24:48.880 --> 00:24:50.019
 we can

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.580
 know that

00:24:50.580 --> 00:24:51.440
 because Christ's

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:52.259
 victory is

00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:53.860
 over all

00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.600
 of our

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.320
 foes for

00:24:55.320 --> 00:24:55.779
 all of

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.240
 eternity

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.360
 that we

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:57.900
 can rest

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.519
 secure

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.900
 that our

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:01.100
 souls can

00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.620
 rest secure

00:25:01.620 --> 00:25:01.940
 in him

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.820
 that's the

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:04.299
 good news of

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.920
 the gospel of

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.380
 Christ and

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.640
 that is

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.100
 something that

00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:06.519
 we can

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:06.980
 achieve

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.580
 with

00:25:08.580 --> 00:25:08.840
 self

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.420
 justification

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:11.220
 by pushing

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.720
 away

00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:13.559
 the mercy

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.279
 and love

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.980
 extended to

00:25:14.980 --> 00:25:15.319
 us by

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.019
 Christ Jesus

00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.700
 and trying

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.079
 to figure

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.680
 out life

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:18.120
 ourselves

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:18.539
 and clean

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:18.880
 up our

00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:20.079
 own lives

00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.440
 we

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:22.360
 don't

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.799
 enjoy that

00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:24.519
 same sort

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:24.920
 of eternal

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.400
 victory

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:27.259
 so the good

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.740
 news of the

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.279
 gospel of

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.900
 Christ is

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.319
 to mark

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.880
 his church

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.759
 and the

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.940
 gospel was

00:25:31.940 --> 00:25:32.579
 to form a

00:25:32.579 --> 00:25:32.980
 new and

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.759
 more expansive

00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:35.259
 community of

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.740
 friends

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:37.940
 it seems

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.339
 kind of a

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.779
 quaint thing

00:25:38.779 --> 00:25:39.240
 to say

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:41.420
 but not

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:41.759
 if you

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.160
 were an

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.680
 enemy of

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.059
 the king

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:44.839
 it's not a

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.259
 quaint thing

00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.720
 to say

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.059
 that

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.539
 that I

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:47.859
 used to

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.160
 be an

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:48.539
 enemy

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.420
 destined

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:50.099
 for death

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:50.859
 and the

00:25:50.859 --> 00:25:51.359
 gallows

00:25:51.359 --> 00:25:52.079
 and the

00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:52.559
 king himself

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:53.140
 saved me

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.700
 and now

00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.960
 I'm his

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.299
 friend

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.099
 there's

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.279
 nothing

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.599
 quaint

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.019
 in that

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.819
 that's

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.299
 what Christ

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.620
 Jesus

00:25:58.620 --> 00:25:59.140
 does

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:01.160
 he

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:03.440
 offers

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.240
 to us

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:06.859
 what

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.579
 we are

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.380
 so desperate

00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:08.859
 for

00:26:08.859 --> 00:26:09.839
 and he

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.379
 calls us

00:26:10.379 --> 00:26:10.779
 to bear

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.240
 witness

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:12.019
 to that

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.279
 truth

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.619
 to other

00:26:12.619 --> 00:26:12.979
 people

00:26:12.979 --> 00:26:14.119
 so that

00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.719
 unlike

00:26:14.719 --> 00:26:15.279
 Judas

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.679
 who is

00:26:15.679 --> 00:26:16.199
 a guide

00:26:16.199 --> 00:26:16.819
 to those

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.079
 who are

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.539
 trying to

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.179
 kill

00:26:18.179 --> 00:26:18.579
 Jesus

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.579
 we are

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.179
 a guide

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.859
 for those

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:22.059
 that need

00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:22.639
 Christ

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:24.479
 we don't

00:26:24.479 --> 00:26:25.159
 bring the

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:25.919
 enemies to

00:26:25.919 --> 00:26:26.559
 kill our

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:26.959
 king

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.939
 we bring

00:26:27.939 --> 00:26:28.599
 our enemies

00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.019
 to our

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.359
 king

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.740
 so he

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.099
 can make

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.359
 them

00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:30.839
 his

00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.299
 friends

00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:34.979
 that's

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:35.199
 what it

00:26:35.199 --> 00:26:35.539
 means to

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.699
 bear

00:26:35.699 --> 00:26:36.159
 witness

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.839
 to the

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.299
 gospel

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:39.180
 so what

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:39.500
 it means

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.879
 to take

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.579
 on the

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.019
 very

00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:42.500
 ministry

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.039
 of Christ

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.559
 himself

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.819
 to be a

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.299
 guide to

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.819
 the blind

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.720
 leading enemies

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.859
 of Christ

00:26:47.859 --> 00:26:48.779
 to him

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:50.259
 like I said

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.779
 so that he

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.180
 can make

00:26:51.180 --> 00:26:51.859
 them friends

00:26:51.859 --> 00:26:54.579
 this is what

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.240
 marks Peter

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:56.299
 as a friend

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:57.740
 even though he

00:26:57.740 --> 00:26:58.519
 was a betrayer

00:26:58.519 --> 00:27:00.240
 this is what

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:00.919
 is offered to

00:27:00.919 --> 00:27:01.539
 us today

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:04.039
 if you

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.639
 have enjoyed

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.359
 friendship with

00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.879
 Christ but

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.319
 have fallen

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:07.960
 away or

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.279
 your heart

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.579
 has grown

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.619
 cold or

00:27:09.619 --> 00:27:10.200
 you feel

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.980
 maybe at

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:12.299
 best estranged

00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.539
 but if

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:13.980
 you're real

00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:14.480
 like an

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.559
 enemy this

00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:15.839
 is the

00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:17.359
 time to

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.799
 come to

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.319
 him and

00:27:18.319 --> 00:27:18.960
 like Peter

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:20.200
 cry out

00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.759
 to mercy

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.720
 cry out

00:27:21.720 --> 00:27:22.159
 for mercy

00:27:22.159 --> 00:27:23.519
 to God

00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:24.019
 himself

00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.940
 through

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.440
 Christ

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:28.340
 friends

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.500
 guilt can

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.059
 be a

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.440
 wonderful

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.920
 thing

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.559
 if it's

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:31.980
 conviction

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.700
 and if it

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.279
 leads us

00:27:33.279 --> 00:27:33.940
 to Christ

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:35.799
 guilt is a

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:36.600
 terrible thing

00:27:36.600 --> 00:27:37.759
 if it

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.840
 does not

00:27:38.840 --> 00:27:39.160
 lead us

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.640
 to Christ

00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:40.299
 and it

00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:41.580
 just is

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:42.080
 weight

00:27:42.080 --> 00:27:42.820
 upon our

00:27:42.820 --> 00:27:43.279
 backs

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:43.799
 and our

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.600
 weight

00:27:44.600 --> 00:27:45.180
 and weight

00:27:45.180 --> 00:27:45.720
 upon our

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.080
 backs

00:27:46.080 --> 00:27:46.700
 some more

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.059
 and some

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.240
 more

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.799
 until our

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.059
 backs

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.440
 break

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:53.299
 we've

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.580
 looked at

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:53.960
 Peter

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.559
 sorry

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.820
 we've

00:27:54.820 --> 00:27:55.080
 looked at

00:27:55.080 --> 00:27:55.360
 Judas

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.019
 the betrayer

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.219
 we've

00:27:56.219 --> 00:27:56.519
 looked at

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.919
 Peter

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:57.959
 the friend

00:27:57.959 --> 00:27:59.059
 and now

00:27:59.059 --> 00:27:59.379
 we'll look

00:27:59.379 --> 00:27:59.879
 at Christ

00:27:59.879 --> 00:28:00.439
 the heart

00:28:00.439 --> 00:28:00.899
 knower

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:01.259
 look with

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.399
 me

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.639
 verses

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.119
 24

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.779
 to 26

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:06.259
 and they

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:06.639
 prayed

00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:07.679
 that is

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.839
 the 11

00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:10.819
 they prayed

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.639
 and said

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.399
 you Lord

00:28:12.399 --> 00:28:13.119
 who know

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.679
 the hearts

00:28:13.679 --> 00:28:14.139
 of all

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:15.319
 show

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:15.959
 which one

00:28:15.959 --> 00:28:16.419
 of these

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.679
 two

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.079
 you have

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.399
 chosen

00:28:17.399 --> 00:28:17.759
 to take

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.199
 the place

00:28:18.199 --> 00:28:18.500
 in this

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.919
 ministry

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:20.219
 and apostleship

00:28:20.219 --> 00:28:20.599
 from which

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:20.939
 Judas

00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:21.599
 turned aside

00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:22.359
 to go

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.659
 to his

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 own

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 place

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 and they

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 cast

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 lots

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 for them

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 and the

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 lot

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 fell

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 on

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 Matthias

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 and he

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 was

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 numbered

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 with the

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 11

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 apostles

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 although

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.840
 the portion

00:28:31.840 --> 00:28:32.660
 this portion

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.100
 of scripture

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 is clearly

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 about

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 excuse me

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 the choosing

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 of Judas's

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.500
 replacement

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:40.000
 it helps us

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.779
 to understand

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.300
 the scripture

00:28:41.300 --> 00:28:41.720
 helps us

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:42.259
 understand

00:28:42.259 --> 00:28:43.400
 that Christ

00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:44.080
 knows

00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.660
 the hearts

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 of all

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 in fact

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 in the original

00:28:46.820 --> 00:28:47.440
 language

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 this should

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 read something

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 like

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 you Lord

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.279
 are the

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.580
 heart

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:51.919
 knower

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.259
 or the

00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.579
 knower

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:52.859
 of all

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.259
 hearts

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.159
 this is

00:28:54.159 --> 00:28:54.500
 like the

00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:54.859
 title

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:55.319
 of

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 Christ

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.159
 he's

00:28:57.159 --> 00:28:57.279
 the

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:57.519
 heart

00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.000
 knower

00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:01.000
 who

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.439
 knows

00:29:01.439 --> 00:29:01.619
 the

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:01.919
 heart

00:29:01.919 --> 00:29:02.139
 of

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 men

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.000
 and

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.299
 women

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.460
 except

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.579
 themselves

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.039
 and I

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.359
 would put

00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.639
 forward

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.000
 to you

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.659
 maybe

00:29:07.659 --> 00:29:08.000
 you don't

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.299
 even know

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:08.579
 your own

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:08.779
 heart

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.299
 super well

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:11.099
 I

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.480
 certainly

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.480
 don't

00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:14.980
 Christ

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:15.379
 the heart

00:29:15.379 --> 00:29:15.619
 knower

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:15.799
 and it

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.159
 speaks of

00:29:16.159 --> 00:29:16.279
 his

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:16.839
 providence

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.439
 and lordship

00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:17.980
 over all

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.460
 things

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.680
 so that

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.200
 he knows

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.680
 our hearts

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:21.220
 even when

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.480
 we do

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.840
 not

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:23.340
 so we

00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:23.620
 live in

00:29:23.620 --> 00:29:24.680
 a post

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:24.960
 modern

00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:25.360
 world

00:29:25.360 --> 00:29:25.759
 or a

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:25.980
 late

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.380
 modern

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.740
 world

00:29:26.740 --> 00:29:27.019
 however

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.360
 you want

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.759
 to

00:29:27.759 --> 00:29:28.180
 sum

00:29:28.180 --> 00:29:28.279
 it

00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.519
 up

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.700
 and the

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.279
 ethos

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.220
 really is

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:31.960
 moral

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.860
 relativism

00:29:32.860 --> 00:29:34.059
 that

00:29:34.059 --> 00:29:36.400
 that has

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:36.779
 the catch

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.079
 phrase

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.340
 or the

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.600
 motto

00:29:37.600 --> 00:29:37.940
 follow

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.140
 your

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.440
 heart

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:39.440
 but

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.799
 really

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.240
 what

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.539
 it's

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.880
 really

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.200
 saying

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.340
 is

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:41.559
 follow

00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:41.759
 your

00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:42.279
 desires

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.660
 whatever

00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:44.000
 is

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:44.140
 the

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:44.279
 thing

00:29:44.279 --> 00:29:44.539
 that

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.019
 you're

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.539
 feeling

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.079
 today

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.500
 follow

00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:46.759
 it

00:29:46.759 --> 00:29:47.960
 and

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.120
 that

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.259
 can

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.400
 get

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:48.559
 us

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:48.720
 into

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:48.940
 all

00:29:48.940 --> 00:29:49.200
 sorts

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.319
 of

00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:49.579
 hurt

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:52.240
 but

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.539
 who

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.380
 can

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.740
 really

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.039
 know

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.120
 our

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.559
 hearts

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.779
 let alone

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.259
 enough

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.720
 to follow

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.900
 them

00:29:58.900 --> 00:29:59.120
 we are

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.600
 complex

00:29:59.600 --> 00:29:59.819
 and

00:29:59.819 --> 00:30:00.200
 confused

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.579
 people

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:03.660
 we take

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.920
 in a

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:04.279
 great deal

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.400
 of

00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:04.920
 information

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:05.360
 every

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.759
 single

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.039
 day

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.259
 that

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.900
 influences

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.200
 us

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.400
 for

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.720
 good

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:07.900
 or

00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.200
 ill

00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.579
 we

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:09.900
 want

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.319
 to

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:12.140
 and

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:12.680
 it's

00:30:12.680 --> 00:30:12.840
 very

00:30:12.840 --> 00:30:13.319
 confusing

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.559
 for

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.700
 us

00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:13.860
 we

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.200
 want

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.759
 on

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.100
 one

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.559
 hand

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:16.980
 to

00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:17.920
 to

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.299
 have

00:30:18.299 --> 00:30:18.839
 things

00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:19.779
 that

00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:19.920
 we

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.240
 don't

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.720
 have

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.880
 and

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:22.160
 yet

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:23.200
 we

00:30:23.200 --> 00:30:23.880
 grow

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.180
 weary

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.539
 of the

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:24.880
 things

00:30:24.880 --> 00:30:25.120
 that

00:30:25.120 --> 00:30:25.259
 we

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:25.539
 wanted

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.819
 just

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.299
 yesterday

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.660
 for

00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:27.160
 things

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.360
 that

00:30:27.360 --> 00:30:27.519
 we

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.700
 might

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.019
 never

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.380
 get

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.200
 tomorrow

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:31.880
 we

00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.279
 struggle

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.519
 with

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:33.339
 contentment

00:30:33.339 --> 00:30:34.220
 and

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.680
 direction

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.000
 and

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.640
 satisfaction

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.759
 and

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.099
 purpose

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.519
 we

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.079
 want

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.599
 autonomy

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.079
 and yet

00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:39.480
 we

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.039
 lament

00:30:40.039 --> 00:30:40.819
 loneliness

00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:41.319
 we

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.339
 want

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.539
 an

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.079
 interconnected

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.819
 community

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.720
 that

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.059
 is

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.740
 lifelong

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.859
 and yet

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.599
 desire

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.059
 fierce

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.759
 independence

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:50.179
 friends

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:50.439
 our

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.899
 hearts

00:30:50.899 --> 00:30:52.819
 can be

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.200
 a very

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.659
 confusing

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.179
 place

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:56.899
 and it

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.519
 is hubris

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.899
 therefore

00:30:57.899 --> 00:30:58.339
 to think

00:30:58.339 --> 00:30:58.659
 we can

00:30:58.659 --> 00:30:59.139
 navigate

00:30:59.139 --> 00:31:00.359
 this

00:31:00.359 --> 00:31:00.779
 life

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.240
 and find

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.639
 eternal

00:31:01.639 --> 00:31:02.059
 meeting

00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.319
 and

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:03.000
 transcendent

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.359
 joy

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:05.779
 by our

00:31:05.779 --> 00:31:06.099
 own

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.740
 strength

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.519
 by our

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:07.819
 own

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.139
 will

00:31:08.139 --> 00:31:09.919
 by following

00:31:09.919 --> 00:31:10.220
 our

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.500
 own

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.879
 heart

00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:14.440
 title

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:14.620
 of

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:14.880
 Christ

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:15.200
 again

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.540
 Christ

00:31:15.540 --> 00:31:15.720
 the

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:15.920
 heart

00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:16.260
 knower

00:31:16.260 --> 00:31:16.780
 he

00:31:16.780 --> 00:31:16.980
 knows

00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:17.140
 your

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.440
 heart

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.540
 he

00:31:18.540 --> 00:31:18.820
 knows

00:31:18.820 --> 00:31:19.060
 the

00:31:19.060 --> 00:31:19.340
 things

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.500
 that

00:31:19.500 --> 00:31:19.620
 you

00:31:19.620 --> 00:31:19.940
 truly

00:31:19.940 --> 00:31:20.540
 desire

00:31:20.540 --> 00:31:21.360
 and

00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:21.460
 he

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:21.640
 knows

00:31:21.640 --> 00:31:21.780
 the

00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:22.300
 confusion

00:31:22.300 --> 00:31:22.720
 that

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.000
 you

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.900
 struggle

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.240
 with

00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.600
 and

00:31:24.600 --> 00:31:24.740
 the

00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.260
 complexities

00:31:25.260 --> 00:31:25.960
 and

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.180
 the

00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.960
 contradictions

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:28.020
 and

00:31:28.020 --> 00:31:28.880
 the

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:30.020
 beauty

00:31:30.020 --> 00:31:30.560
 also

00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:30.960
 in your

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:31.120
 own

00:31:31.120 --> 00:31:31.500
 heart

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.960
 that

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.540
 you

00:31:32.540 --> 00:31:32.880
 struggle

00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:33.100
 to

00:31:33.100 --> 00:31:33.720
 express

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:35.920
 I

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.160
 mean

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.460
 he

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.720
 knows

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:36.900
 us

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.340
 all

00:31:37.340 --> 00:31:38.260
 he

00:31:38.260 --> 00:31:38.460
 knows

00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.780
 every

00:31:38.780 --> 00:31:39.140
 last

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.380
 bit

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.540
 of

00:31:39.540 --> 00:31:39.740
 you

00:31:39.740 --> 00:31:41.440
 so

00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:42.339
 friends

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.620
 run

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:42.900
 to the

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:44.500
 heart

00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:44.880
 knower

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.279
 run

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.440
 to

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.859
 Christ

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.220
 and

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.500
 trust

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.900
 yourself

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.079
 to

00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:48.299
 him

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:49.400
 give

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.559
 him

00:31:49.559 --> 00:31:49.720
 the

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.079
 worries

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.400
 and

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:51.059
 confusions

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.299
 and

00:31:51.299 --> 00:31:51.680
 trust

00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.440
 that

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:55.799
 all

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:55.940
 of

00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.099
 it

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:56.500
 so

00:31:56.500 --> 00:31:56.700
 that

00:31:56.700 --> 00:31:56.920
 he

00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:57.400
 can

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.279
 truly

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.519
 begin

00:31:59.519 --> 00:31:59.900
 this

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.240
 work

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.460
 in

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.599
 your

00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.940
 heart

00:32:00.940 --> 00:32:01.500
 and

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:01.579
 you

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:01.720
 can

00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:02.200
 enjoy

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:03.039
 his

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:03.620
 salvation

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:04.079
 which

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.440
 is

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.220
 himself

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.059
 and

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.200
 this

00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:07.299
 is

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:07.400
 what

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 it

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 means

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 to

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 become

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 his

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 friend

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 Judas

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 in

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 many

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 ways

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 is

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 unlike

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 us

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 but

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 in

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 many

00:32:16.620 --> 00:32:16.900
 ways

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 he

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 is

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 like

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 us

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 we

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 are

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 like

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 him

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 same

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 with

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 Peter

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 we

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 were

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 enemies

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 of

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 God

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 first

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 or

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 Colossians

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 chapter

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 one

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 speaks

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 of

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 this

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 while

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 we

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 were

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 still

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 enemies

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:27.140
 of

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 God

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 what

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.039
 did

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 Christ

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 do

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 he

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 died

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 for

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 us

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 we

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 are

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 all

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.839
 enemies

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:31.180
 of

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 God

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 let

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 us

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 not

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 persist

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 with

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 that

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 let

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 us

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 in

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 fact

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.700
 come

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:36.920
 to

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 Christ

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 as

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 his

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:38.559
 friends

00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:38.919
 bending

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 our

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 knee

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 to

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 his

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 lordship

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 and

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 seeking

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 not

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 your

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 own

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 justification

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 your

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 own

00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.740
 salvation

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 your

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.299
 own

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:46.000
 satisfaction

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 but

00:32:46.919 --> 00:32:47.259
 instead

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 look to

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 him

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 and

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 trust

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 in

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 his

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 eternal

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.819
 goodness

00:32:51.819 --> 00:32:52.679
 let's

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 pray

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 father

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 father

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 father

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 we

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 if we

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 are

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.140
 open

00:32:59.140 --> 00:33:00.120
 and

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.640
 honest

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 with

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.540
 ourselves

00:33:01.540 --> 00:33:02.340
 our

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:02.820
 hearts

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:04.120
 are

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:04.640
 incapable

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.080
 of

00:33:05.080 --> 00:33:05.340
 being

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.840
 constantly

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.060
 good

00:33:06.060 --> 00:33:06.360
 yes

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.780
 by

00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:07.420
 your

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.960
 grace

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.480
 common

00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.860
 grace

00:33:08.860 --> 00:33:09.080
 we

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.220
 can

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.360
 do

00:33:09.360 --> 00:33:09.640
 very

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.840
 good

00:33:09.840 --> 00:33:10.240
 things

00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:11.259
 and

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.519
 many

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.880
 people

00:33:11.880 --> 00:33:12.240
 who

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.560
 are

00:33:12.560 --> 00:33:12.780
 not

00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:13.120
 Christians

00:33:13.120 --> 00:33:13.420
 can

00:33:13.420 --> 00:33:13.560
 do

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:13.780
 many

00:33:13.780 --> 00:33:14.019
 good

00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:14.300
 things

00:33:14.300 --> 00:33:14.519
 but

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.280
 we

00:33:15.280 --> 00:33:15.700
 cannot

00:33:15.700 --> 00:33:16.220
 reconcile

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.820
 ourselves

00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.100
 to

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.320
 you

00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:19.559
 we

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.960
 cannot

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:21.619
 expunge

00:33:21.619 --> 00:33:21.960
 the

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.299
 sin

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.639
 from

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:22.819
 our

00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.079
 very

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.639
 being

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:24.339
 that

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:24.519
 only

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:24.700
 you

00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:24.859
 can

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.079
 do

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:26.139
 so

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.379
 lord

00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:26.539
 we

00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:26.779
 come

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:26.980
 to

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.259
 you

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.279
 as

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:28.419
 your

00:33:28.419 --> 00:33:28.879
 friends

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.299
 as

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.619
 former

00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.019
 enemies

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.200
 and

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.379
 some

00:33:30.379 --> 00:33:30.639
 people

00:33:30.639 --> 00:33:30.919
 may

00:33:30.919 --> 00:33:31.399
 be

00:33:31.399 --> 00:33:31.939
 enemies

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:32.159
 that

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.279
 are

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.439
 soon

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:32.559
 to

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.700
 be

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.039
 friends

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.240
 but

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.399
 lord

00:33:33.399 --> 00:33:33.539
 we

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:33.740
 come

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.899
 to

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.119
 you

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.700
 and

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.819
 we

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.099
 ask

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.259
 that

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:35.399
 by

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:35.559
 your

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:35.879
 spirit

00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.019
 you

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.139
 will

00:33:36.139 --> 00:33:36.359
 humble

00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:36.720
 us

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:38.179
 and

00:33:38.179 --> 00:33:38.319
 that

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.480
 you

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.740
 would

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:40.019
 sharpen

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.359
 us

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.579
 and

00:33:40.579 --> 00:33:40.839
 make

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.159
 us

00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.379
 a

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.759
 community

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.000
 of

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:42.399
 friends

00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:43.379
 a

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:43.819
 community

00:33:43.819 --> 00:33:45.099
 that

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.379
 is

00:33:45.379 --> 00:33:45.759
 marked

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.000
 by

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.339
 friendship

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.619
 with

00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:46.759
 you

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:46.940
 a

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.359
 community

00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.059
 that

00:33:48.059 --> 00:33:48.559
 really

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:49.220
 is

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:51.279
 honest

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.079
 with

00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:52.279
 our

00:33:52.279 --> 00:33:52.980
 brokenness

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:54.859
 true

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.640
 about

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:55.819
 our

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:56.400
 brokenness

00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.059
 and

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.220
 that

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:57.559
 throws

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:57.980
 ourselves

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.220
 at

00:33:58.220 --> 00:33:58.379
 your

00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:58.759
 mercy

00:33:58.759 --> 00:34:00.200
 lord

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.420
 would

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:00.559
 you

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:00.779
 have

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.099
 mercy

00:34:01.099 --> 00:34:01.400
 upon

00:34:01.400 --> 00:34:01.740
 us

00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:03.279
 we

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.539
 thank

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:03.660
 you

00:34:03.660 --> 00:34:03.819
 for

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.039
 all

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.220
 that

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.319
 you

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.440
 have

00:34:04.440 --> 00:34:04.599
 done

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:04.720
 on

00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:04.839
 the

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.220
 cross

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.059
 we

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.259
 pray

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:06.500
 this

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:06.640
 in

00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.019
 Christ's

00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.200
 name

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:07.619
 Amen